It's a Country Morning

Good Morning! One of my favorite things to do is color and at a recent workshop we colored the new hostess level 1 set, Country Morning. My grandmother was a fan of the rooster. She had knickknacks of roosters, rooster printed curtains, serving platters, the list goes on. I saw so many of them but still had to look at pictures to get an idea how to color. Also, my state bird is the rooster. Layout is SC105.

Stamp Set: Country Morning
Paper: Autumn Meadows DSP, Whisper White, Dusty Durango, Taken With Teal
Ink: Sampin' Write Markers

Follow Up

July 15, 2009
I promised to reveal the cards from this post. Here's the first one. The feel of Autumn is in the air even though it's still summer. These colors give me a feeling of comfort. It's where the warmth meets the calm. Where summer segues into fall. The layout was a challenge from Split Coast Stampers SC225. The scene is inspired from a card I viewed on Split Coast which used a different stamp set and I cannot find now. The ingredients.
Stamp set: Pocket Silhouettes
Ink: More Mustard, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay
Accessories: Chocolate Chip taffeta ribbon
Technique: Sponging, masking

Window of Thanks

This is for Sketch Challenge Week #24 at Kerin's place. I used the Window Sheets as a background and the retired Heartfelt Thanks set. 'heartfelt' is white embossed. Here's the ingredients:

Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks
Paper: Sage Shadow, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, Rich Razzleberry
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, So Saffron, Perfect Plum

Flower Season

These two cards were made by my granddaughter. She used Sending Happy Thoughts, a retired Simply Sent Kit, and we took the pictures in the photo box. These two cards are entirely her own design using the elements that came with the kit. She enjoys coloring as much as I do and now she's hooked on stamping. I will let her know your thoughts and comments.

Sketch Challenge #22

This is my entry for Kerin's challenge. The Friendship Blooms set is from Sale-A-Bration 2008. The sentiment is from Pocket Silhouettes. I made two cards but left the sentiment off the other. It's a nice space to write your own sentiment. The green paper used at the top of the card and inside was purchased at a craft store. This is also the first picture taken in my photo box. I think that's what it's called. I bought white foam board at the $1 store, cut and taped it together.

Stamp set: Friendship Blooms, Pocket Silhouettes
Paper: Whisper white, Elegant Eggplant, DSP retired Blueberry Bliss
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Stampin' Write markers

Summer and Fall

Here's a sneak peak at a couple of sample cards that I will be showing at a workshop at the end of the month. We will all be working on one layout - sort of like a sketch challenge. The guests can choose from multiple stamp sets, paper, and ink. I'm really excited to see what they come up with.

Walk in the Park

This card is for Sketch Challenge #17. The designer series paper is from the Occasions catalog. Here's the ingredients.

Stamp Set: God's Beauty (Hostess Level 1)
Paper: Walk in the Park DSP, So Saffron, Cameo Coral, Very Vanilla, Kiwi Kiss DSP (We're all going to miss this In Color)
Ink: Old Olive, Cameo Coral, Stampin' Write markers